The R C Snelling Charitable Trust

Analysis

The R C Snelling Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The R C Snelling Charitable Trust reported income of £14.8m and spending of £15.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11.9m to £14.8m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The R C Snelling Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include We Are Purposeful (£14.8m), Local Solutions (£14.9m) and Hope House Children's Hospices (£14.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 98% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 1.6% of spending and raising funds 98%. Grants to other organisations totalled £224k. Reserves of £72k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.